Hello again, well it's a good day to be inside blogging. It's pouring rain and 10 C. Even the ducks on East Lake are hunkered down.
I have a half dozen or so cards to showcase today. Three of them arrived from France and all three were sent by Jean Pierre. So those are the ones I will start with.
Card # 1 - A Century of Aviation in Toulouse. Here you can see a few of the many aircraft types developed by Airbus whose main office is located in Toulouse.
Jean Pierre used a 2019 Commemorative stamp issued on 24 June. It shows the Fountain of the Four Valleys in Marcadieu Square, Tarbes.
Card # 2 - A fine look at Ingres Museum located in Montauban, a commune about 50 km north of Toulouse.
A stamp from 1999 was used on this card. It was issued to highlight Photography of Sculptures.
Card # 3 - This one arrived from Poitiers, a city in western France.
It's an evening time look at Notre-Dame la Grande, often said to have the most beautiful Romanesque facade in the world. The church was built in the second half of the 11th century and inaugurated in 1086. It's facade can be read like a book as it tells the stories of the Bible.
This time we have a Flower Commemorative, from a set of 5 issued in 2019. The set is called Endangered Flora and the stamp shown features the Violet of Rouen.
Just a note - That last card was the 5,500th card I have received since I started this collecting gig.
The next three cards are from India, Cameroon and Sri Lanka , three pretty cool places to get a postcard from .
Card # 4 - Here's the impressive statue of Jain monk Bahubali. It is 57 ft high and carved from a single piece of rock. It was built in 981 A.D. and is one of the largest free-standing statues in the world. When Bahubali became a Digambara Monk he discarded his clothing for the rest of his life. Even today Jain monks still walk around naked.
Nagi sent this card along and used a 2018 stamp, 1 of 2 in a Tourism set of Holiday Destinations.
Card # 5 - I don't get many cards from Cameroon, this is only my second. The first arrived back in 2011, so it's good to get another.
Sadly I don't know who sent it, it just says " warm greetings from Cameroon " on the card. You can see three distinct areas of the country on the card, the North, the Coastal area and the West.
Cameroon is one more of many of the countries that has issued Round Stamps in the last 15 years or so. The stamp on this card is from a set of 2 issued in 2015. It celebrated the Monument erected for the 50th Anniversary of Independence and Reunification.
Card # 5 - The last card for today. It's the Tuk Tuk from Sri Lanka. A cheap common mode of Transport in the country. Good for short distances and great open space so one can see all around.
Ravindra used 3 stamps.
The top one was issued May 17 of this year for the State Vesak Festival. The other 2 are - on the left , from 2013, a stamp celebrating Dr Tissa Abeysekara. He was a actor, director , and filmmaker. The bottom right stamp was issued in 2019 and celebrates International Thalassaemia Day.
That's all for this time. Thanks for today's cards go to Jean Pierre, Nagi, Ravindra and that someone in Cameroon.
I started this blog yesterday, July 4th , but never finished . It's now July 5th , the rain has stopped and today , this morning , the 107th Calgary Stampede kicked off with over 300,000 people lining the parade route. Lots of horses, lots of cowboys, lots of marching bands, and lots of shouts of " Ya Hoo " . The start of 10 days of fun, pancake breakfasts, rodeo, bull riding , chuckwagon races and dressing up like cowboys and cowgirls , even if just for a day or two.
Take care.
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